The Oklahoma State men’s team and the Texas Tech women’s team were both crowned Big 12 Cross Country Champions for the second year in a row. It is the second title for both programs.

Oklahoma State took the men’s title with 24 points, followed by Colorado (56), Oklahoma (75), Iowa State (107) and Texas (132). In the women’s race, Texas Tech boasted five student-athletes in the Top 15 finishers and totaled 38 team points for the win. Colorado took second (52) while Iowa State was third (85), Nebraska was fourth (143) and Kansas was fifth (160).

OSU took first through fourth place on the men’s side with senior Ryan Vail winning the individual title. Vail (24:30.67), who finished fourth at last year’s event, was followed by John Kosgei (24:52.26), Colby Lowe (24:55.25) and German Fernandez (24:57.83). Iowa State’s Guor Marial (25:04.82) rounded out the top-five.

CU runners finished one-two in the women’s race with Jenny Barringer winning her first Big 12 individual championship by a margin of 46 seconds (20:27.46). Allie McLaughlin took second with a time of 21:13.36. ISU’s Lisa Koll and Tech’s Lillian Badaru and Purity Biwott finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Freshman Allie McLaughlin (CU) and redshirt freshman Bill Kogel (Oklahoma) were also named the Big 12 Newcomers of the Year - given to the top newcomer finisher in each race. The last time Colorado boasted a Big 12 Newcomer of the Year was Jenny Barringer in 2005.